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The simplest way to log into your CSEE email is to point a browser to mailhost.csee.ogi.edu. This will open the Horde webmail system.
If you're logged into a CSEE Unix server, you may also run pine:
% pine
Pine's default settings should work well. If they don't, choose "Setup" from the main menu. Then choose "Config" from the mini menu that appears at the bottom of your screen. Check the settings, making adjustments where necessary:
personal-name = Your username
user-domain = csee.ogi.edu
smtp-server = mailhost.csee.ogi.edu
nntp-server = nntphost.csee.ogi.edu
inbox-path = {mailhost.csee.ogi.edu}inbox
It used to be the case that users could open a shell on the mail server itself and read mail directly. That's no longer the case. Reading your inbound mail now means that you'll likely use one of two standard mail-reading protocols: POP or IMAP.
POP
The Post Office Protocol (POP) is a simple, widely implemented way of reading mail. Almost any program that says it can read e-mail will support it. It's essentially a way of downloading mail from a server to your local machine. Usually, the mail is deleted from the server once it's been downloaded. Any organization of that mail into folders is done on your local machine.
POP's downside is that it tends to tie you to one machine. It requires a huge amount of hurdle jumping (and a corresponding amount of disk space) to keep up-to-date copies of your e-mail archives on multiple machines, e.g., your desktop machine and your laptop.
IMAP
Here's what www.imap.org has to say about the IMAP protocol:
IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. It is a method of accessing electronic mail messages that are kept on a (possibly shared) mail server. In other words, it permits a "client" email program to access remote message stores as if they were local. For example, email stored on an IMAP server can be manipulated from a desktop computer at home, a workstation at the office, and a notebook computer while traveling, without the need to transfer messages or files back and forth between these computers.
IMAP requires a bit more configuration work than does POP. It's best if you make a special directory in your home directory just for mail. That directory will then contain your mail folders and, perhaps, subdirectories holding other folders. Plus, you have to tell each of your IMAP clients the path to your mail folder. You might think about changing the permissions on that directory to 0700 (drwx------) so that no one can snoop around your mail files.
Should you begin to approach your disk quota, you'll also have to make sure that you delete or otherwise archive your old mail.
Programs that ship with IMAP support include Mozilla Thunderbird, pine, and Outlook.
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This page was most recently revised on July 09, 2008.
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